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Joe mumbled softly under his breath and his eyes opened blearily, blinking a couple times to get his eyes completely open. It was all blurry for a moment, before focusing on the girl leaning in front of him, long brown hair hanging down, almost touching him. His hand reached up slowly as if he was going to touch the long strands before it was too much work and the hand dropped back and hit the bed.

His vision focused and Vanessa was the girl standing in front of him, a smile gracing her beautiful lips and eyes shining in the grim hospital light. "Hey, Detective," she said, running her hand through the messy blond hair of her boyfriend.

"Hey beautiful," he whispered, a smile pulling tight against his bruised face. He tried a second time to touch her face and falling short until she grabbed his hand to help and pressed it up against her face. He rubbed his thumb against her cheek and she leaned into his hand, closing her eyes as they started to brim with tears. A single teardrop rolled down her cheek and he rubbed it away when he smiled.

"Hey, hey, shh. I'm alright, I'm right here," Joe whispered, his voice hoarse and scratchy. Vanessa nodded and pulled back to smiled and wipe away any of the remaining tears. She mouthed the words 'I know' a few times after pulling back and looking at the rest of the Hardy family.

"Welcome back, little bro," Frank called from his bed next to him, now sitting up with the help of his bed. Fenton was on the other side of Frank and smiled at his youngest. Laura was standing beside Fenton and Callie was sitting on the edge of Frank's bed, her feet curled up underneath her.

"How you are doing, Joe?" Laura asked, her hand firmly interlocked with her husband's. He nodded and looked down at the rest of his body.

"'m fine, sore, tired. Feel like a truckload of crap." Joe smiled, even though everything he said was true, and even with the meds he was loaded up on didn't make all the pain go away. Even just a slight shift in the bed would send a new wave load of pain radiating from his body. He made a mental note to ask the nurse for something a little stronger.

After a little mix of silence and quiet conversations, Joe spoke up, toying with the heart monitor attached to his finger. "So, when are we all getting out of here?"

Before anyone could answer, a knock on the door and it opened, revealing Dr. Steinberg with her typical clipboard hanging at her side. "At your current rate, might be sooner than you think." She stepped fully into the room, sliding her glasses down so she could read the fine print of the papers.

"Mr. Hardy, Frank, both of you are ready to be released, your discharge papers are being prepared. Joe, however, we want to hold you here overnight, just to do some final tests before you go, I believe-" The doctor tried to continue, but Fenton held up his hand, cutting her off.

"Doctor, thank you, but we either stay here together or we all leave together. It didn't work out to well the first time, and I would prefer that we all go home, because some quality rest at home will do better than sitting in a hospital bed. So, with your permission, we would like the discharge papers for all of us." Fenton paused for a second. "Please."

Dr. Steinberg stared at Fenton, and a tense standoff held the two adults for a few moments before the doctor sighed and held her clipboard behind her and nodded. "Fine. I'll go grab the papers. But you have to promise to take your meds, and actually rest. All of you," she warned, pointing at all three of her patients.

"Yes, ma'am," all three of them said at the same time, and she smiled and turned to go get the papers.

Callie slid from the edge of the bed, closer to Frank, smiling. "So, after this, we need to go out somewhere. Quiet, not too busy, somewhere nice. To eat too, you probably haven't had decent food in while."

Frank nodded, pushing some hair behind Callie's ear. "Yes, ma'am. Right away."

Vanessa looked over and smiled before looking at Joe with her arm crossed. "Well, Joe, what are we going to do?" She asked, barely containing the giggle that threatened to come out.

Joe's eyebrows furrowed and he scowled, pretending to think really hard about the decision. "I'm thinking… a trip to Hawaii will do for now, what do you think?" Vanessa laughed out loud and leaned down to hug Joe, who kissed her on the cheek.

"We'll go out to dinner, go someplace nice too, I promise. As soon as I get out of here." They smiled and kissed lightly before a couple of nurses walked inside with wheelchairs, intending on helping their patients out of the building.